Chi vive? - From Croquis du Front Italien

Chi vive? is a black and white original drypoint, signed by the Italian artist, painter, and printmaker Anselmo Bucci .

Title and monogram on the lower margin into the matrix area.

Hand-signed and numbered in pencil on the lower margin. From an edition of 100 prints on watermarked " BFI " paper and wire-rod cream-colored paper. From the collection  Croquis du Front Italien  published in Paris by D'Alignan editions.

In the series  Croquis du Front Italien  including 50 drypoints, Bucci describes scenes of the Italian front in World War I. During the war, in his battalion, there were the Futurist artists Marinetti, Boccioni and Sant'Elia.

In very good conditions, this original sheet has preserved the freshness of sign but presents sporadic stains and a usual yellowing of the paper on the external margins.

Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955)

He took part in the Salon des Indépendants from 1910 on. He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with many of the Futurism exponents. In Pane e Luna , his biography, he wrote: « Siamo fucilieri dell’ottavo plotone, a guardia notturna del Forte Trimellone e del lacustre Fronte. Tra noi buoni compagnoni sono i chiari Futuristi; altri oscuri per un oscuro compito ».